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Google borgs online photo editor
Let’s have a Picnik Google has acquired Picnik, a 20-person startup offering a web-based photo editing service.…
Continue reading »New York Times, Wikipedia ’sanitize’ news
The New York Times and Wikipedia were in a seven-month long battle with online reporters over what news should be online, and what shouldn’t be. But it was more than an academic argument. A life was at stake, believed New York Times excutives — and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
Continue reading »Scientology versus the Wikipedia
p2pnet was among sites which leaped before it looked when ‘news’ broke that Cult of Scientology pope David Miscavige supposedly wondered, “Will Scientologists have to wear yellow, six-pointed stars on our clothing?” It looked real and it was exactly the kind of thing Miscarriage, as he’s popularly known, might have said. So we reported it as real when actually, it was a Rant & Rave spoof. However, it was inspired by a genuine event — the Wikipedia’s ban of Scientology IP addresses — and, “I’d say the Wikipedia situation is a bit of a conundrum,” says p2pnet frequent poster and occasional contributor Devil’s Advocate in a Reader’s Write .
Continue reading »Microsoft Bing goes live
Bing has Bonged. It’s now online. But will it bang Google?
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